Non alcoholic beer
Non alcoholic beer
I read somewhere that alcoholics should avoid non alcoholic beer. I can't recall whether it is because there is a tiny bit of alcohol in it or whether drinking it triggers memories of good times drinking and ultimately relapse.
I had a non alcoholic beer yesterday (probably for the first time since I was about ten years old) and enjoyed it quite a bit. Does anyone have thoughts as to whether it is a bad idea to start drinking it on a regular basis?
I had a non alcoholic beer yesterday (probably for the first time since I was about ten years old) and enjoyed it quite a bit. Does anyone have thoughts as to whether it is a bad idea to start drinking it on a regular basis?
Id say that is a personal choice. If you enjoyed it and it didnt cause you to crave a real one, then I dont see the harm at all.
I myself wouldnt...I would just want a real one! I dont like decaf coffee either....it isnt the real thing, but that is just me.
I myself wouldnt...I would just want a real one! I dont like decaf coffee either....it isnt the real thing, but that is just me.
I always drank to get drunk. It was never for the taste. I drank non-alcoholic beer for a while but I drank it alcoholically. Meaning, I drank & drank & drank it and was ticked that it wasn't getting me buzzed. I stopped buying it after about 2 weeks. I'd much rather stay completely away from anything that remotely reminds me of drinking.
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Non alcoholic beer is more of a trigger for alcoholics then anything else. You can't get drunk on it because the amount you will have to drink to get drunk on is almost impossible to do. I general don't know anyone who really like non alcoholic beer anyway.
For me it's not the amount of alcohol, or not.
I don't drink NA beer because it looks like beer, feels like a can of beer, it smells like beer, it has that same condensation thing on the can like a beer, the same fizz and foam when you pop the can, tastes like beer (kinda)....
Then I'd always wonder why I went out and got 'real' beer.
I was still knee deep in old behaviours, and didn't even realise it.
As a former beer drinker I know it ticks all the boxes for me, and opens the door to old behaviour and old thought patterns.
I don't recommend it.
I don't need to know but maybe ask yourself why would you choose NA beer when there's so many other things to drink, though?
Is it really the taste of a beer you want, or are there other things happening here as well?
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I don't drink NA beer because it looks like beer, feels like a can of beer, it smells like beer, it has that same condensation thing on the can like a beer, the same fizz and foam when you pop the can, tastes like beer (kinda)....
Then I'd always wonder why I went out and got 'real' beer.
I was still knee deep in old behaviours, and didn't even realise it.
As a former beer drinker I know it ticks all the boxes for me, and opens the door to old behaviour and old thought patterns.
I don't recommend it.
I don't need to know but maybe ask yourself why would you choose NA beer when there's so many other things to drink, though?
Is it really the taste of a beer you want, or are there other things happening here as well?
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Hmmm for me it's just yeasty water and it made me bloat so bad. It does allow you to slip unnoticed in a room of people. Beer was never my thing anyway, it was wine and I wouldn't feel comfy drinking a pretend red wine.
Not a trigger for me and now u know someone who likes the taste
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